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By Rachel Maddow
Dear Mr. Limbaugh:
Here's what you said yesterday, for which we made fun of you last night on MSNBC:
Here's how you responded today to criticism of your remarks :
Mr. Limbaugh, actually, you did say it was a conspiracy. You did so when you asked your rhetorical question ("Do you think that is is accidental?" about whether it could conceivably be an accident that this new Batman movie has a villain in it with a name that sounds like Mitt Romney's former firm.
Was that not a rhetorical question? When you asked "Do you think it's accidental?" did you actually mean to imply that you do think it really was an accident, it really was a coincidence?
I think we were factually accurate when we made fun of you for trafficking in one of the stupidest right-wing conspiracy theories of all time. You are contesting our characterization of your remarks, but we didn't mischaracterize what you said. And now I think you're just lying about what you said in order to avoid the embarrassment of having been so wrong.
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http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/18/12815532-debunktion-junction-online-special-everybody-panic-i-think-the-conservative-talk-radio-host-rush-limbaugh-is-not-telling-the-truth-about-something
riverbendviewgal
(4,253 posts)this is not the Nixon days......Everyone watches, records and never forgets....LOL
Limbaugh you are caught!!!
Bainbridge Bear
(155 posts)is that the director of the Batman trilogy is a conservative who has publicly criticized Rachel Maddow. If Rush really had, as he claims, "talent on loan from God" then he would have known that. What a shameless, corrupt pig and a disgrace to American radio.
The "EIB" network, yeah, the "Excrement In Broadcasting network.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)welcome to DU
Brigid
(17,621 posts)polmaven
(9,463 posts)It does appear that you have it all right, and will be an asset here! I look forward to seeing you around!
Tennessee Gal
(6,160 posts)And new to DU! Welcome!
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)And yeah, it looks like his so called "talent on loan from God" has been revoked. Perhaps a long while ago.
mazzarro
(3,450 posts)The "EIB" network, yeah, the "Excrement In Broadcasting network.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)all of the time.
Edit:
RT_Fanatic
(224 posts)It was correct in the first place.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)I meant to show possession not contraction. In the second instance I was correct (you are bound to) and I left it. I hate homophones.
Thus ends today's grammar lesson.
demwing
(16,916 posts)the "in fairness" part.
There simply isn't any reason to be fair to Rush
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)you're right.
Sometimes I imagine the last Rush broadcast everywhere forever.
(sigh)
demwing
(16,916 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)You were right the first time: you're=you are. No need to edit.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)My unedit said you're job. Which would be correct if I had been talking to a certain old testament figure, but then there would be a capitalization of a proper noun problem. Since he's dead (I'm pretty sure) I should have said, you were Job, in which case there is no contraction and it was still wrong.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)you know the kinda nerdy girl who was smarter than everyone.
Tennessee Gal
(6,160 posts)She cuts no slack!
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)Yeah - the folks that produced this movie had their crystal ball fired up so's they could see WHO was gonna be the GOP contender, come 2012. Another verification that such seers DO exist - sorta like the two Hawiian newspapers that foresaw Obama running for office 40-some years later! [dub in Twilight Zone theme]
lame54
(35,321 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)bane
[beyn] ? Example Sentences Origin
bane
? ?[beyn]
noun
1.
a person or thing that ruins or spoils: Gambling was the bane of his existence.
2.
a deadly poison (often used in combination, as in the names of poisonous plants): wolfsbane; henbane.
3.
death; destruction; ruin.
4.
Obsolete. that which causes death or destroys life: entrapped and drowned beneath the watery bane.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bane
The word "bane" has always meant something horrible, awful, to be avoided at all costs. The "bane" of his life. Heard that expression since I was a small child. What's with Limbaugh? Is his education so limited?
And Romney? Why was the company named "Bain" sounding like "bane"?
You can't name a company "bane" and expect people to think it is something good.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)Bain Capital is an offshoot of Bain & Company, named after founder Bill Bain.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)And you know what's funny about that? Romney used that name as cover because it's so highly respected in his world. As a matter of fact what he was doing with it is ALSO highly respected in his world.
An oldie but a goodiie to illustrate:
Imagine there's this club that gets together and it's members smear shit in their hair. Amongst themselves they complement each other on a wide rage of details involving different combings, the amount of water to add,...etc. Within their group they are accepted and achieve status and rank. (in more ways than one)
Outside of their group people are appalled because,....well,...they have shit in their hair....
So,...just think of Romney as a shithead....
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)To them, the fact that they have accumulated lots of dollars in their trading accounts means that they are smarter and more valuable than other people.
In fact, they are simply more destructive and less creative than other people. They don't realize that they are tearing down our economy, not building anything.
Even Staples and similar stores mostly seem to import a lot of the stuff they sell. And many of the items they import and sell used to be made in the USA.
Of course, we should participate in trade and import things from other countries -- but we should not import things from other countries when so many Americans can't find work. And we are fooling ourselves if we think we can survive for long as the producers of primarily and pretty much only equipment that is used in other countries to produce our consumer goods.
We are living in a fools' paradise. We get cheap imports and are losing our capacity to be independent or self-reliant. These trade deals are really bad for America.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Forget TVs and DVD players or even Computers,...if this keeps up we won't even have the ability to manufacture a stapler.
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Hell, have you seen some of the crowd at Walmart? We might not even have people who can operate one.
malaise
(269,157 posts)remembers what he said yesterday?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)zeemike
(18,998 posts)We made fun of you....just exactly what he deserves.
Ineeda
(3,626 posts)Nothin' makes 'em madder!
Bandit
(21,475 posts)Rush LIES more than Romney and that is really saying something....
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)he would debate his dittohead friend about Rush and he challenged the friend to come up with something factual from Rush about politics.... and, the friend couldn't over a long period of months. The friend ended up admitting that he didn't listen to Rush for the truth, he listened because he liked Rush's attitude and he agreed with Rush (or something to that effect.)
bluedeminredstate
(3,322 posts)Al had such great guests and his co-host Kathryn (sp?) was perfect as his foil.
The fact that he is now Senator Franken is too beautiful for words!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)be prepared for an ass-whoopin'.
Initech
(100,100 posts)politicasista
(14,128 posts)CanonRay
(14,113 posts)Now that's saying something...takes a lot to win that prize.
libodem
(19,288 posts)Hubadah, hubadah. Makes rolling motion with hands.
RoccoRyg
(260 posts)Yes, Rush. Sometimes things that aren't connected to each other seem to be, but aren't.
In fact, the Dark Knight Rises may take a right-wing view (to my concern). I think Bane creates an Occupy Wall Street like movement to spread chaos in Gotham and force Batman to come out of hiding. That's what I gather, though, it may be wrong.
If you want a REAL left-wing superhero story, you can always look at my newest book... http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008HL4XM0
classof56
(5,376 posts)Take a look at your newest book, that is. I must say, great writing, intriguing story and I commend you for both. The best part, of course, is the left-wing superhero. Timely indeed.
As a fellow writer, I wish you much success!
Joey Liberal
(5,526 posts)I think Rachel and Bill Maher are two of the best voices that we have going for the progressive side. I also think Rachel is super hot in those nerd glasses .............
Summer Hathaway
(2,770 posts)who is aware of the internet, and the fact that every word spoken by people like Limbaugh is easily accessible to everyone, I'm sure they'll send out the appropriate mimeograph to their constituents warning them of same.
This will be followed by a Western Union telegram, delivered via Pony Express.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Some of us remember mimeograph machines!
Summer Hathaway
(2,770 posts)How many of us (of a certain age) had our first 'high' as the result of a pop-quiz in high school?
Who knew that thirty questions about the Civil War could lead to such euphoria!
Brigid
(17,621 posts)The whippersnappers don't know what they missed.
marmar
(77,090 posts)Brigid
(17,621 posts)Wasn't Rachel into athletics back in her school days?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)When so many of their victims exist.
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)Last edited Thu Jul 19, 2012, 12:19 AM - Edit history (1)
The character's origin was in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (January 1993), and was created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, and Graham Nolan. Bane has been one of Batman's more physically and intellectually powerful foes. He is best known for breaking Batman's back in the Knightfall story arc..." (link)Do I think that it is accidental that the name of the really vicious, fire-breathing, four-eyed whatever-it-is villain in this movie is named Bane? If I may quote The Beatles, yeah yeah yeah!
rocktivity
nxylas
(6,440 posts)...the filmmakers would somehow have had know that Romney was going to be the Republican nominee for President and that his time at Bain Capital was going to be a huge issue for him. So the fact that the character is almost 20 years old (and that one of his creators, Chuck Dixon, is a conservative, IIRC) is all but irrelevant.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Because all Rush does is lie, and lie, and lie some more.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)I don't know what she'll do when he croaks before she does (she is, after all, much younger and in much better shape than he is).
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)I think it must be a co-ordinated effort to distract from Romney's problems. It won't help.
The Wizard
(12,547 posts)and big time jerkoff.
benld74
(9,909 posts)wickerwoman
(5,662 posts)is that "bane" already means "a person or thing that causes misery or distress" regardless of whether it's a character name or not. So why would anyone in their right mind name a company "bane" no matter how you spell it?
It's like starting a company called "Gowt" or "Blite".
Edited to call dibs on "Blite Ltd." as the name of my future venture capital firm.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)could also mean that, like a soaking
AllyCat
(16,219 posts)Not sure how Bain came to be so named, but makes you wonder...a little.
Suji to Seoul
(2,035 posts)And Gotham went to pot after it happened as Bane's criminal enterprise took over.
Hmmm, Bain (and the vultures like them) broke the American economy, snapping its back over their greed and America went to pot after it happened as the Corporate Criminals and the Banksters took over.
Hmmmmmmmmmm. . .good job Limpballs. Not only did you make a good parable, but you did so NO KNOWING SHIT ABOUT THE BATMEN UNIVERSE.
Shitstain!
tclambert
(11,087 posts)This clever planning, for an election 19 years in the future, clearly implicates the same mastermind who faked Obama's birth certificate and planted fake newspaper announcements of his birth in 1961 in order to secure his election 47 years later. The amazing thing is that Republicans think they can thwart the evil genius who can make such successful plans decades in advance.
What a frightening world Rush Limbaugh lives in.
Atomic Forehead
(4 posts)...both are overly bloated, one with muscle and vengeance, the other with bacon and self-praise, and both need a steady supply of drugs pumped directly into their brains.
Volaris
(10,274 posts)twisting the Con's words by action of DIRECT QUOTES (in context, no less--how DARE they) since Richard Nixon.
"I would rather remain silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
(This paradigm, by the way, is why Mitten's will NEVER release those tax returns. This makes him at least marginally smarter than the Fat Man on the radio.)
AllyCat
(16,219 posts)it sure sounds like a play on words "bane" and "Cain". Wonder why the Drugster didn't hop on that line?
Viking12
(6,012 posts)In their amazing vision of the future, they obviously created the Bane villain in 1993, too. They've been planning for this for 50 years!
kimbutgar
(21,187 posts)He's caught in his lies and can't escape. Maybe this will give him a fatal heart attack because he is so angry to be called out for the lying scum he is.
just1voice
(1,362 posts)Maybe someday people will start to understand the MSMedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda
---Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position. Propaganda is usually repeated and dispersed over a wide variety of media in order to create the chosen result in audience attitudes.
As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda, in its most basic sense, presents information primarily to influence an audience. Propaganda often presents facts selectively (thus possibly lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or uses loaded messages to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. The desired result is a change of the attitude toward the subject in the target audience to further a political agenda. Propaganda can be used as a form of political warfare.---
turtlerescue1
(1,013 posts)RayStar
(417 posts)Rachel is one heck of a fighter.